Doorstop holder



- Peli. 24', 1925.

DE WITT .C. LAMBSON v DooRsTroP HQLDEa Filed March s, 1924 Patented Feb. 24, i925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DE WITT C. LAMBSON, F WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT.

DOORSTOP HOLDER.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DE llirr'r C. LAMnsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at IVallingford, in the county of New Haven and fiitate ot Connecticut, have invented a new and useiul Improvement in Doorstep Holders; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description oi". the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in-

Fig. 1 a perspective View oi' a. door-stop holder constructed in accordance with my invention and shownv as applied to a garage door.

Fig. 2 an end view, showing the parts when the door is in the open position.

Fig. 3 a similar view, showing the parts when in position for closing the door.

Fig. 4; a broken side view oi' the tube and its supporting-bracket.

Fig. 5 a broken plan view of thel operating-rod detached.

This invention relates to improvement in door-stop holders, that is, devices particularly adapted for use on garage doors for holding them in an open position, the object of the invention being to provide a simple construction whereby the door will be posi tively held in an open position and conveniently released when it is desired to close the door, and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a long` tube 10, channel or support cut away at its outer end to leave a finger 11, which is adapted to be pivotally connected with an arm 12 of a bracket 13 adapted to be secured to the inner face of a door 1&1 near the upper edge thereof. rIhe tube is formed near its inner end with a transverse notch 15, beyond which the end of the tube is split and the edges 16 and 17 turned downward. Extending through the tube is a rod 18 formed at its outer end with a c1'ankar1n 1S), to the outer end et which a chain 20 may be attached, whereby the rod may be rocked. rilbc rod projects bevond the inner end oft the tube and is turned backward along one side o1 the tube, toform a lifting surface 21 and the end curved to form a. cam 22. This rod is supported at the inner end of the tube by Application filed March 8, 1924. Serial No. 697,768.

a ring 23 mounted in the upper side ot the tube, and the tube extends through a. keeper 211, of any approved design, having a transverse bar 25 with which the notch 15 in the tube may engage.

In the open position, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the notched end oit the tube sets over the bar 25 of t-he keeper, so as to securely hold the door in its open position, and in this position the litter 21 rests upon the bar 25 at one side of the tube. lWhen it is desired to close the door, a downward pull upon the chain 2O rocks the rod 18 and forces the lifter 21 downward, so as to rai ,e the inner end of the tube sufficiently to litt it out ol engagement with the keeper, and so permit the door to be closed, and in closing, the tube turns in the keeper so as to stand substantially parallel with the door when in its closed position, and in this closed position, the chain 21 hangs downward, close to the door. In opening the door, the tube is drawn outward, and the cam 22, at the end of the rod 18, iirst strikes the bar 25 oiC the keeper, so as to easily ride over it and permit the tube to drop down over the keeper when the notch 15 is in line therewith. In opening the door, therefore, no attention need be paid to the door-stop holder, as it is automatic in action, and the only movement necessary to release it is a downward pull upon the chain.

.It will be seen that the parts are readily formed without machine work. and, eonsequently, can be produced at a very low cost for in anu'facture.

I claim:

1. A door-stop holder, comprising a longitudinal support adapted to be pivotally connected at its outer end with a door, and formed near its inner end with a notch, a keeper with which said notch is adapted to engage, and a rod extending longitudinally of said support, said rod formed at its inner end with a lifter crossing the notch in the support, and at its outer end with a crank by which the rod may be rocked.

2. A door-stop helder, comprising a tube adapted to be pivotally connected Vat its outer end with a door, said tube termed near its inner end with a transverse notch, the end of the tube beyond the notch divided and the ends turned downward, a rod eX- tending through said tube and supported therein at its inner end, said rod bent back- Ward beyond the said notch forming` e. litter, and e keeper having u bur with which the notch in the tube engages.

3. A door-stop holder, comprising a tube adapted to be pivotally connected at its outer end with a door, said tube termed near its inner end with :i transverse notch, the end of the tube beyond the notch divided and the ends turned downward, zi rod extending through said tube und supported therein at its inner end, said rod bent beck- Ward beyond the said notch forming L litter, und its end curved to torni a. cznn, and u keeper having a bar With which the notch in the tube engages.

4. A door-stop holder, comprising :i tube, a. bracket with which the outer end is pivotally connected, a tube :torined near its inner end in its under-side with a transverse notch, the end of the tube divided and turned downward, it rod extending through said tube and toi-ined at its outer end with :i crunk-arm, said rod projecting beyond the inner end ot the tube und turned backward beyond said notch und tern'iinating in a cuni, said rod supported at its inner end by sziid tube, and a keeper through which the tube extends :1nd With Which the notch engages when the door is in its open position.

In testimony whereof, have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DE lNIT' C. LAMBSUN. iVitnesses Fiumicino C. EARLE, PAULINE M. F. EiciiMANN. 

